Chow Chow Kootu | Chow Chow Recipe

Chow Chow Kootu | Chow Chow Recipe

Ingredients :

Chow Chow - 1 (big sized)

Bengal Gram / Kadalai Paruppu - 1/4 cup

Green Chilly -1
Sambar Onion - 3-4 (cut into small pieces)

Turmeric Powder - a pinch
Coconut - 3 tsp
Cumin Seeds - 1/4 tsp

Salt - as required

For the Seasoning :

Oil - 2 tsp

Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tsp

Urad Dal - 1/2 tsp

Curry Leaves - few

Preparation :

• Peel the skin of chow chow and cut into small pieces.
• Wash the bengal gram (kadalai paruppu) and soak it in water before one hour.
• In a pressure cooker, add bengal gram, salt and enough water then cook it with 3 whistle.
• Drain out the water from bengal gram. Keep it aside to become cool.
• Grind coconut, cumin seed with enough water and make it into fine paste then keep it separately.

Method 1

• Heat oil in kadai, add mustard seeds when it splutter, add urad dal, curry leaves, sambar onion and saute it until the onion becomes slightly brown.
• Then add chow chow, green chilly, turmeric powder, salt and saute it for two minutes.
• Now add enough water and cook it well.
• Once chow chow is cooked then add cooked bengal gram and saute it for another 2 minutes.
  
• Then add the coconut paste and allow it to boil till it becomes thick, then switch off the flame.
• Now chow chow kootu is ready to serve. 

Method 2 :

• Cook the chow chow with green chilly, turmeric powder, salt & enough water.
• Once chow chow is cooked then add cooked bengal gram, coconut paste and allow it to boil till it becomes thick and keep it aside.
• Heat oil in kadai, add mustard seeds when it splutter, add urad dal, curry leaves, sambar onion and saute it until the onion becomes slightly brown color. 
• Pour this into the prepared chow chow kootu.
• Now chow chow kootu is ready to serve.

Note :

• You can use moong dal instead of bengal gram.